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Blouse in four pieces
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About this work
This group consists of coordinated clothing components made of fine piña cloth in plain weave, all worked in matching hand-embroidered cotton motifs. The set includes a fichu, an unsewn blouse front ( pechera ), and two unsewn sleeve panels. All four pieces share the same ground material, embroidery thread, and design vocabulary, indicating that they were intended as elements of a single baro-camisa ensemble.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineBlouse in four pieces, 1800s. Philippines. Plain weave piña; needle lace (drawnwork) and white cotton embroidery; overall: 93 x 52.1 cm (36 5/8 x 20 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. O. E. Kelsey, 1943.380
